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know, "If you'd Yo good enous] Se. of all the knives or daggers my father Eh bought here." Caleta foe "I can tell you of most of them," re his death, had was the reply, "but some small items to Ned Barron,! are gold in bundles, as we call them, nd 8nd so are not recorded Te eat i "I should think an antique dagger ) I At the in-|of sufficient importance to be record- t is learned that the death wea-|ed," Robin said, 'and, as the fire in hag, an Driental knife, his eye was growing. brighter under ught on the board | the irritation of the os suavity, learned that one Croydon | RiRES took a hand. ho was in Barron's party, is a| "Never mind the value or import- Urious knives. Anastasia' ance of the sale," he suggested, "just Titus Riggs, an axchiteet, 10! tel] us what your records charge to on og case. Dan Pelton, ot man's nephew, arrives and is in- igued by some curious French dolls som's room. He believes his uncle had been (Mr, Croydon Sears." The list was interesting, though not long, and the net result of in- 1 Li that do Mackmailing several peo) ple and he. had bought, . all, Ste Toon Sean snd. Rise T ei bi lous doct-| antique Oriental 'workmanship, initials of Croydon Sears. 3 Robin was amazed, for he knew of Riggs questions Sears and is an-|only the two that were acknowledged Swered curtly. Others act suspicion | at the inquest. 5 in nh Ned Barron's wife, Mad- But he preserved a quiet sternness ' now; indeed, the young face grew ren lon Sears' juitials Sre discoh 'more composed as the situation seem- ' Pelton thinks his uncle had been 'ed to acquire seriousness. ' some blackmuiling. Robin Seardhan. Lhe police have interviewed you Croydon's son, is worried now that all this " he asked of Mr, Gid- Buspicion is Testing om his Iather 4 ges tells, him he has learned "M th Croydon Sears lad purchased a third any timer, expecially in the last er ica Fair, Robin's - fiancee, "Why so much questioning?" put ; in Riggs. + questions Ross, the dead man's form-|™ / or valet, who tells her he thinks Sears Because they want to be sure that? it was Mr. Sears who bought the had visited at Folsom's home. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. |dageer that killed Mr. Folsam," Gid- dings replied, straightforwardly. "Of course, that needn't mean that Mr. Sears used it," he added quickly as: he noted Robin's face. "No, it needn't," said that young man, with quiet simplicity. "And have the police assured themselves?" asked Riggs. "We can't be positive," Giddings returned. "When Mr, Sears came the second time that evening he was not so much interested, for the sales were of small lots or single pieces of small | | CHAPTER XXXIV. "You think! Don't you know? Don't you know whether Croydon Sears was ever at Mr. Folsom's home?" Angelica Fair insisted. "He was once, to my knowledge," replied Ross. "What was the occasion?" "It was a sort of reception, Miss Fair, Mr. Folsom was having a small exhibition of his art treasures. You know, Mr. Folsom traveled a lot and| value. But he did pick up two or collected many things such as inter-|three numbers, one of which eontain- est Mr. Sears. I remember seeing ed an old pichaq." "NO, TITE, I DIDN'T MURDER GARRETT FOLSOM, BUT THERE ARE REASONS WHY .I WANT THE MURDERER FOUND." "Then why isn't that positive?" broke in Robin quickly. "Because there was another bundle or lot sold, which also contained an old pichag, and no one can say which was the weapon later exhibited at the inquest." A "I see," said Robin, thoughtfull "And who bought the other bundle?" "That we can't say. It was a v well, I i. believe it' mat- I don't believe I know much work. And fea air i Tr. ahi sos Maat and gts and os rts ni Angel scursiod of to | father, or to your sweetheart, but stranger, and his name, though given, ------ IKE MILLS, winner of last year's dog derby at La Pas; has entered for. the 90.mlle event with dog sleds to run oft in connection with the winter carnival in the Rocky Mountains National Park at Banff, = meant "nothing, and } the two went away and walked slowly toward home, "You see," began Robin eagerly, but the other stopped him. "Iistén here, boy," Riggs said. "Say all you like to me, or to your don't air your views on detection in public." "Why not?" "Just for one reason: that they are invariably wrong. For instance, the buyer of that bundle giving a ficti- tious name doesn't write him down a murderer at all. He may be an an- tique dealer in a small way, who, if he gave his real name and had his purchases traced, could not put upon them the exorbitant prices which he no doubt plans to do. Next, granting your father bought that dagger, and subsequently chose to use it on some- body, that would not prove him a fool, because whoever did the killing depended on the sea to hide forever the weapon of his gdilt, not realizing that it would almost inevitably be found." "Then he WAS a fool." "To, I should have thought myself that the heavy metal would have been ground into the sand forever." "Next, Riggs, old man," Robin said, his jaws set like a fighter, "we go with this tale." "We "Yes, sir, we." And so, on reaching the Hotel Ma- jusaca, two somewhat harrassed looking sleuths demanded and obtain- ed audience with C. R. 8. y the length of face " Sears asked, looking at his son. "Be seated, my friend, and I'll tell you," returned Robin, looking back at him affectionately. They all sat down, and now and then prompted or corrected by Tite Riggs, Robin gave his father a strict and full account of the interview with the auctioneer. straight to Croydon Rochester Sears sat a full five minutes thinking. wrote out a message. Read the thing as you go down." Robin did as bidden, and was more than slightly mystified to find the and said: "Rush Fleming Stone here as soon as possible." Implicitly confident .as Robin was of his father's innocence, it was a satisfaction to note how the elder man had looked as he {grasped the situation: To be sure, he had waited a few moments to consider; 9 be sure, he had sent a hurry call for a great and fanious detective, but his fine, clear eyes had shown no hint of fear or shame and his face, though grave, was cali and serene as he looked at his son. - "I've sent for Stone," Sears told Riggs. "Fleming Stone!" "Yes. Not every one. could conit- mand his services so quic , but 'he and I are old friends, and: happen to know he is on vacation and I'm sure he will not only be isd to come to my assistance but he will enjoy, down: here." Croydon As the tale finished, Croydon Sears' made of velveteen, striped or plain, "Take it down to the desk, Robin; i pointed cuffs. boy, and send it off. Leave Tite here. 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 years, 36, 88, 40, message was to his father's secretary, inch contrasting, 3% yards binding. || :! Paper Association, months of the curren didn ot exports of 'pulp Wilson Pablibing Company epicure, if not a glutton, English - Diaries" temporaries: 'He tells us of diaries that during the last few years "I have kept one in my pocket, I hi had one ready in any house or where 1 was likely to find myself for atic than plays." Mr. Arthur Ponsonb: MP, fs en! read his con- more diaries" than any e put one in my bag when travellin any length of time." "They are," he declares, "better than novels, more accurate than his- tories, and even at times more dram- Fnthusiasm could hardly go further. Where Obscurity is Best The search for diaries of real meri [must have been an exciting one; few gportsmen could offer better thrills, Sometimes Mr. Ponsonby's sharp eye would be caught by such a phrase as, ! Herolck love doth ney and Scottish and (this fs my maxim and {irish Diarfes," that he may "With | for ever." : some certainty claim to ] How many admirers of. 'Giibert White of Selborne,that most fascinat |1ng of all writers about birds, Were" and I have aware, library a brother Henry, Fyfleld in Hampshire, and who kept , new system of raking which will thout 'referring to di: possessed an eye as keen as his fam-!yine fustice, punishment or reward. ous brother's. ture of the frosty Christmas of 1784: "Christmas Day. Very bright morn. fare of soclety as the supreme end of Trees Rime, more severity of Freezing than | t any since the first beginning very lit- the old seholar's attention as he sets '{le wind but ye Air amazingly 'keen. forth his rather-casual ideas about reli- i Sound of Bells heard from all ye Vil- gion: lages on every side. Sacrament at. America, Fyfleld. ng the refined for my taste, diarists. He tell us in his two newest a curious thing ind selections from the diaries, "More or. > Christmas Bete and Sunshine yn 8 punishment - is mot to be. 3 30 one wonders, that white bad geared. d thinks, f8 who was rector of thg remedy to t diary 'which shows him. to have' teach morals wi Here is a vivid plc- The child must be taught, be says, not ito fear God, but to regard the wel- individual life, 4 Two countries beautifully powdered with "seem. to captivate One is Russia, and the other Riding not unple ant. over. In Russia some of Freud's theories = ¢ Thomas ve open Fields and Dogs, Trees have already been put into- practice. " lohan" de 13 2 cough and powdered most am 'e Rime All public education there" is irrelig- sone, We at e fifth proposl:; make a very picture .appear- ious; and attempts have been made in slon of on od fo i the: chase ance at Tidwo n in ye. Moscow and elsewhere to apply psy- Wash se! st though | chonalysis as a method of educating : would commen a he until; the last page of Thomas Ischam ha been run to earth.' Such entries as "the dear Duchess of Gloucester is at; death's door,t or "better news from Siam," he tells us, did not whet his| ua appetite, Mr. Ponsonby confesses t a preference for old diaries over the lev more modern, for the diaries of ob-'brt. séure people over the diaries of cele- britles. There are plenty of cele brities here; almost as many as there were: in his delightul "English Diariés," first published four years ago: celebrities such as Sir Walter, Scott, and his child prodigy diarist,! Marjorie Fleming; Wordsworth's sis. P for Dorothy; Swift, Wolfe Tone, Mitchell, the seventh Earl of Shaftes. bury, and the late Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, but it is, however, the little nonénnttties, the parish-pump no- on he A PRACTICAL This smartly would be comfortable" le bathrobe and. warm if n flannel or wool crepe, and is a style Then, reaching out his hand for athe home modiste will find quite! yellow 'pad of telegram forms which | simple to fashion. was in a pigeon hole of the desk, he! shawl collar; patch pockets, and the; There is a long! set-in sleeves are finished with deep; 44, 46 and 48 inches bust. 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Montreal, Quobie- Acersiing to. tho {report of the Ci ad No. 1708 is in igeay 8 James , of oxbourne, who a I our in an un¢onsciously is or " ight generalize: qualities that go to make the woman are the opposite to those whith make the great diarist, The diarist, more often than not, is a man to whom diary-writing is a sort f Coue-ism; Hall, bocame ashamed of myself," often-en- ! ough, he has hopes of curlug himself 'cf the bar habit of intemperance. Mr. Ponsonby does not hesitate t describe William Jones as a "great! dlarist." Jones was an obscure per: Sop and was vicar of Broxbugine; 71 to 1821. His alary covers |, th 2.9 b vyfve for his matrimonial woes and stic grievances." In his study kept his coffin, as a reminder of | acai, and by his bed-side he kept a late: *'. , . . when I wake at perhaps |" +s too early dn hour to rise, I serib- ble down any, thoughts or reflexions . which present themselves to my mind. Often do I in tbe dark by means of holes inthe frames. of my slates and moveable pegs scribble my dawning{ morning thoughts" Diarists, we may conclude, are born and not made, and Jones was a born lying abed, failure to give up snuff by Tndulging hls "snub nose with a sniff. ( ; y | empty box)" his quarrels . with his' 7 | wite, and how be sured' sowing chimney. 4 not quite so yet operates ! doors. o seems to destroy every sort] houses seem scorched anp painted by Breughel. Over half a century later | { Madox Brown, ainter, whose most famous John probably h Feet." ! tremendous odds 4 his dairy he es, thie obscure country pavsons,! the momentoy 'Woodtorde and Wil "everything he Dp ' pleture of the get, for in tal tracts, § and declare ing a damne head and "Tooth 4 "Painted {o'clock dinner, then toothache on if he repeats, like Vine; {sofa till six, then work till seven, "yesterday 1 drank porter till r toothache drove me in. "A complete blank. Have done cards means, ineffectual; ith with Kitty. ges, and was used as a "safe- gions portrait of a famous artist as young man.--Arthur- Machamara. ee ale rat days' normal youth, Freud admires Rus. * within sia's effort to reform education but he all its. does not think: 'that Russian methods 'be applied in oper Buropean ptries, eud is aware that ti gnkind largely. depends d he seems somewhat a ica's' attitude towa "selence," ps: hn Freud's - thigantitude is _ embodied by the Day ord trial. Freud 18 dronical about "God's own country" Rl 'he deplores the preffominance of I lon in American pub ic life. oT He tries to give an explanation of 48 it in his own manner nds that re- yg Jiglon in Ap erica the role 'of a narcoty i he gays, prived masgfs of ony of io in } 8 Pa ows i Sar ¥ narcotic, Bs a i ys. "We need the results of hgerves sar- col 3 more strong) Winter reigns 1 lly warm p.m. every af future of America, armed by ed evergreen. Holl ang to decorate the d A winter scene . Worries of the Pre-Raph the remarkable. diary the .Pre-Ri dang o "J esuf Brown was to win forfs moryg canV "Wasted clean. cast y On HN REE Phe admits that "Cledne goed "his America's IW qre@wiitude is sincere. "Pious Amel = «Pio says, "pretends = being God's 'own country: This is ~ doubtless trues as one of the ways in which man venerates divinity." Cie Sec Attra Farm Crop Return $1,141,367,100 Ottawa, Canada--The total value of the principal field crops of Canada in anything else but that; romped 1927 is estimated at $1,141,367,100, A pitiable day." |an #hcrease of $35:839,100 compared Here indeed, in spite of its appar- with the value in 1926, according to a t baldness and triviality is a magni-irecent report issued by the Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics. The total for 1927 is made up of:tha gy oe following items: 'wheat, $452,602,000; ¥ oats, $231,295,000; barley, $63,668,600; rye, $12,668,600; flaxseed, $7,379, 000; other grains (peas, beans, buckwheat, mixed grains and corn for husking, 847,752,000; potatdes, $56,279,000; hay and clpver and alfalfa, $201,215,000; root 'and fodder crops (turnips, ete, eg 'hay, fodder corn and sugar | beets) $68,508,000, ~ For the three prairie provinces-- Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberts ; ~the total value of the five principal _lgraing. are 'as. follows: . 'Wheat, $419, '{#69,000; oats, $127,118,000; ' barley, © $47,492,000; 'rye, $10,894,000; flaxseed, $7,178,000. ac leaves nl f ing all day but sit by the fife With ma and try to think of ways to- 'Could think re ? constant "habit mi